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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Inform. 2015 Feb 3;54:77–84. doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2015.01.010

Table 4.

Accuracy of NLP results by mammographic finding

Gold standard from manual review Accuracy Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV
Results from NLP algorithm Positive Negative
Mass positive 5 1 0.99 1.00 0.99 0.83 1.00
negative 0 94
Calcification positive 17 0 0.99 0.94 1.00 1.00 0.99
negative 1 82
Asymmetry positive 11 3 0.96 0.92 0.97 0.79 0.99
negative 1 85
Architectural distortion positive 2 2 0.98 1.00 0.98 0.50 1.00
negative 0 96

Note: PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value